UPDATE: Voodoo Doughnut Denver announced on its Facebook page that it has passed all city inspections and will open Friday.

Voodoo Doughnut co-founders Kenneth “Cat Daddy” Pogson and Tres Shannon arrive in Denver tomorrow to find out if city inspectors will give the new Denver shop the go-ahead. If all goes as planned, Denver doughnut lovers will get a taste of the first Colfax Creams on Friday.

“We will have the flaccid opening Friday. On Jan. 15, we are having our grand, fully erect opening. And in between those there will be a semi-rigid opening,” said Shannon by phone today from the Portland-based bakery’s “intergalactic headquarters.” (That’s how he answered the phone, and yeah, he really said that. This is a company whose slogan is “the magic is in the hole.”)

Because they still have some inspections to pass, they can’t guarantee that you will get to taste a genuine Bacon Maple Bar on Friday. “We’re going to be open very sporadic hours, it’s gonna piss people off. We just ask Denver to be patient,” said Shannon, who grew up here.

The walls are painted, the signs are up. (Kristen Browning-Blas, The Denver Post)

The first Voodoo Doughnut location outside of Oregon, in Denver at 1520 E. Colfax Ave., will open “absolutely in 2013,” says co-founder Kenneth “Cat Daddy” Pogson.

I checked in with the dough mogul to see how construction on the 2,800-square-foot store is going. He is a little hesitant to announce an opening date, partly because you never know with construction projects, and partly because Voodoo fans can be, shall we say, avid in their anticipation.